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Rideau Lakes is a community of Villages and Hamlets. Explore and learn about the landscape and the people. Each village and hamlet have a unique culture and story to tell. Whether you’re a visitor looking to discover your roots in the area, a family trying out an adventure on the water, or an urbanite seeking a safe and quiet, rural lifestyle… Rideau Lakes will find a place in your heart.
For thousands of years before European settlers arrived in what is now called Rideau Lakes, Algonquin speaking peoples, the Massasauga and proto-Hurons lived in these lands. Indigenous artifacts have been discovered around all of the lakes throughout this area, some that are more than 9000 years old. When the European settlers arrived, just over 200 years ago, the communities of Rideau Lakes were born.
The Beverley lakes, Upper Beverley and Lower Beverley, provide great opportunities for interesting paddling day trips. The ideal starting point is Delta, which provides easy access to both lakes as well as camping facilities.
Start your journey at the Delta Launch at Lower Beverley Lake Park (free car parking at boat ramp). Paddle along the waters of Lower Beverley Lake and around some of its lovely islands particularly watching and listening for loons. Turn east into the Creek towards Delta and dock behind the Old Stone Mill, a National Historic Site. The Mill opens at 10:00 am with admission by voluntary donation. Buy lunch or enjoy your picnic at the park and visit the shops.
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- Route Name Newboro – Sunbury
- Length approx. 95 km
- Road Surface Hard surface, some limited shoulders, some steep topography
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- Route Name Newboro – Parham
- Length approx. 104 km
- Road Surface Hard surface, some limited shoulders, some steep topography
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- Route Name Newboro – Lanark
- Length approx. 120 km
- Road Surface Hard surface, some limited shoulders, some steep topography
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- Route Name A Billion Years and Counting
- Length approx. 32 km
- Road Surface Variety of hard and loose surface, some steep topography
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- Route Name Crosby – Glen Tay
- Length approx. 80 km
- Road Surface Hard surface, some limited shoulders, some steep topography
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- Route Name Forgotten Ontario
- Length approx. 76 km
- Road Surface paved roads with about 10% gravel roads
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- Route Name Delta - Upper Beverley Lake
- Length 23 - 30 km
- Road Surface mostly gravel roads
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- Route Name Delta - Eight Lakes
- Length approx. 97 km
- Road Surface paved roads with about 5km of gravel roads
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- Route Name Delta - Rideau Ferry
- Length approx. 77 km
- Road Surface paved roads with some loose surface roads
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- Route Name Delta - Lake Eloida - Oak Leaf
- Length approx. 52 km
- Road Surface paved roads
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- Route Name Delta - Jones Falls - Lyndhurst
- Length approx. 46 km
- Road Surface paved roads
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- Route Name Delta - Mallorytown – Athens - Plum Hollow
- Length approx. 90 km
- Road Surface paved roads
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- Route Name Delta - Charleston – Athens - Plum Hollow
- Length approx. 51 km
- Road Surface paved roads
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